The open source JavaFX platform offers a Java-based approach to rich Internet application (RIA) development—an alternative to Adobe Flash/Flex and Microsoft Silverlight. At over 100 million downloads, JavaFX is poised to be a significant player.
Written by a JavaFX engineer and developer, this book is one of the first on the JavaFX platform to give you the following:
The fundamentals of JavaFX scripting on desktop and mobile platforms
Examples of RIAs using JavaFX Graphics
Media and animation using JavaFX
See how JavaFX gives you dynamic Java effects in your RIA development.
One of the first books and tutorials on the likely new open source JavaFX 2.0. Written by JavaFX engineer/developer; so, book will be authoritative. JavaFX is a significant player at over 100 million downloads, and is comparable to emerging Silverlight and established Adobe Flash. RIA remains an important and fairly hot meme in Web developers market.